If you’re worried about your broadband suddenly going offline then there are now two new services that should mean your emails never stop arriving and those boxset binges aren’t ever broken by buffering. BT was the first firm to reveal its latest technology last month which features a mobile connection […]
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Increasing number of households replacing their traditional doorbell with a new ‘smart’ version due to security fears – do YOU need one? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 13 March 2021 Safety first: This high-tech gadget works like a traditional […]
It’s nearly 55 years since Richard Thompson began his career in music. A pioneer of folk-rock, hugely influential singer-songwriter and one of Britain’s most astonishing guitarists, he was only a month out of his teens on the morning of 12 May 1969 when all promise was nearly stopped short. His […]
One of the most famous and most imitated voices in the history of British television fell silent on Saturday. Murray Walker died aged 97 and a chapter closed in the art of the microphone business. Of course, his pants-on-fire bellow was the soundtrack that illuminated Formula One as it planted […]
My thumb gently presses the handlebar throttle and the electric scooter I am wobbling on suddenly takes me on a high-speed slalom. Weaving around pedestrians on a crowded high street, I ignore cries to slow down as well as a few chosen obscenities. My adrenaline is pumping – I am […]
The IRS could base your next stimulus check on either your 2019 or 2020 tax return. Sarah Tew/CNET The $1.9 trillion stimulus package officially became law on Thursday. The legislation triggers payments for the third stimulus checks of up to $1,400 per person, the first of which are going out […]
Image: Valve / Universal / Kotaku Remember Artifact, that card game Valve made? No…? Well, it was killed last week. It also had two imps who helped in-game and now they need work. That’s why last week I asked for your help. Our winning image this week comes from Kaput […]
In the year since the pandemic began, people learned to be together while apart and navigated the pain of feeling apart while together. Screens, small and large, became crucial links to the rest of the world. Activities and routines that commanded crowds — visiting museums, attending concerts, working out, learning, […]